#D8D242#D8D242

#D8D242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.159 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D242
RGB	rgb(216, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -14.39, 68.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 69.81, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0464 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.159 107)
XYZ	xyz(52.3509, 61.0873, 14.1866)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D242 #4248D8

analogous

#D88742 #D8D242 #93D842

triadic

#D8D242 #42D8D2 #D242D8

tetradic

#D8D242 #42D887 #4248D8 #D84293

square

#D8D242 #42D887 #4248D8 #D84293

split-complementary

#D8D242 #4293D8 #8742D8

monochromatic

#84801B #B7B126 #D8D242 #E2DE75 #EDEAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D8D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#D8D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D242

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D242	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.159 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8df7f',
    500: '#d8d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d242;
$custom-light: #e8df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84355,
    "c": 0.15885,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.61085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D242

secondary

#33378B

accent

#46E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D242

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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